Class Matters - Social Class in the United States of America - The New York Times

Class Matters - Social Class in the United States of America - The New York Times.

Class Matters

ABOUT THE SERIES

A team of reporters spent more than a year exploring ways that class - defined as a combination of income, education, wealth and occupation - influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity.

Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer
By JANNY SCOTT
Architect, utility worker, maid: three New Yorkers with little in common faced a single, common threat. But in the months that followed their heart attacks, their experiences diverged.

OVERVIEW
Class in America: Shadowy Lines That Still Divide
By JANNY SCOTT and DAVID LEONHARDT
This series does not purport to be all-inclusive or the last word on class. It offers no nifty formulas for pigeonholing people. Instead, it represents an inquiry into class as Americans encounter it.
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